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Apple's two failed iPhones in 2025

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The interest in the iPhone 17 series is high, particularly for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max models, which are outselling their predecessors. The iPhone Air has a different tale to tell; sales haven't been great, with reports showing low demand and major production cuts.  In contrast to the heavily publicized flop of the iPhone Air, there hasn't been much info on how the iPhone 16e is doing in sales. Early reports suggested it was doing pretty well, but it seems that wasn't up to Apple's standards.  Sales of the iPhone 16e and iPhone Air aren't meeting Apple's expectations, as per info from leaker Fixed Focus Digital (source in Chinese). While no exact figures were shared, the leaker suggests that Apple's effort to launch a popular, budget-friendly iPhone hasn't succeeded. Even with the challenges, Apple is still set to roll out successors for both models. The iPhone 17e is anticipated to launch on time in spring 2026, whereas the iPhone Air ...
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Sprint Galaxy S6 & Galaxy S6 Edge Gets VPU1AOE2 Update, a fix on dropped calls problems over LTE

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Sprint has yet announced the rolling out of the OE2 update on both Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. It's a maintenance update that occasionally includes stability improvements, bug fixes, enhancements and further improvements to performance. The OE2 update will specifically targets and are about to resolve the dropped calls problem which has been reported by some users and has been found on previous version (G920PVPU1AOCF), according to Sprint. Some users are experiencing both dropped calls and have had said that their Galaxy S6 will only perfectly works when the network mode is set to "CDMA only". But once the device network mode is set to "CDMA/LTE or Automatic", then a high rate of dropped calls persist. The update will technically boost the LTE connectivity, to which dropped calls/no service, can't send or receive texts and poor data speeds arises when its signal strength is basically poor.

Here are the details of the OE2 update which can be viewed in Settings > About device:

Device name: Samsung Galaxy S6
Model number: SM-G920P
Android version: 5.0.2
Baseband version: G920PVPU1AOE2
Kernel version: 3.10.61-4349716
Build number: LRX22G.G920PVPU1AOE2
Build date: May 5, 2015
Release date: May 11, 2015


Device name: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Model number: SM-G925P
Android version: 5.0.2
Baseband version: G925PVPU1AOE2
Kernel version: 3.10.61-4349716
Build number: LRX22G.G925PVPU1AOE2
Build date: May 5, 2015
Release date: May 11, 2015

The OE2 update has now continuously rolled out Over-The-Air OTA update. It is around 130 MB in files size  which only takes from 10 to 15 minutes to download over a strong  WiFi connection.  Once took the update the baseband version will then change to G920PVPU1AOE2 on Galaxy S6 (which previously in G920PVPU1AOCF)  and G925PVPU1AOE2 on Galaxy S6 Edge (also previously in G922PVPU1AOCF).  Just simply go into your phone Settings > System update > Update now to check the update manually right now.

If you receive the update successfully, then let us know how's it going. Did the update really resolved the dropped calls problems on LTE?

Source: Sprint community, Samsung support
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